Robot Torg

Torg was a robot character in the 1964 Christmas movie, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians".cite web
date = Fall 2007
url = http://www.mavericktheater.com/html/santa_conquers.html
title = "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"
work = mavericktheater.com
publisher = The Maverick Theater
accessdate = 2007-11-05] In the movie, Torg attacks Santa's workshop, and is finally turned into a Christmas toy. It appeared to have been crudely constructed from cardboard, silver paint, glue-on controls, and ducting work for arms. It has been suggested that "Torg" is derived from "Gort", the name of a robot from the 1951 movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still".cite web
date = Feb 2008
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/movieconnections
title = "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
publisher = IMDB
accessdate = 2008-02-20]

The robot is an object of minor cult references from other artists, such as by the electronic group The Laziest Men on Mars, and was named among the five worst movie robots ever created.cite web
date = Feb 2008
url = http://www.monstershack.net/articles/robots.php
title = "The Five Worst Robots of All Time"
publisher = The Monster Shack
accessdate = 2008-02-20]

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